PLATYPUS lovers and arts admirers alike are gearing up for this week’s springtime extravaganza, the Clearwater Sculpture Prize, now in its second year.
Although not in contention, as it’s been commissioned by the City Council, a large ‘Platypus’ sculpture made by Queanbeyan Artist Neil Dickinson will be one of the highlights, with Picton mosaic artist Freya Jobbins will be on hand to lead free mosaic workshops on site to complete the sculpture. Community members are welcome to come and participate in the creation of the city’s latest public artwork.
In a kind of ‘Sculpture by the River,’ 30 sculptures will be installed along the river bank on the eastern foreshore of the river – in front of the Riverbank Café via Trinculo Place or Waniassa Street. A handful will be installed in/on the river itself.
The Major Award of $5,000 and the Encouragement Award of $1,000 will be announced during the Queanbeyan River Festival at noon this Saturday, October 17, on the main stage.
The viewing public is welcome to have their say and vote for the ‘People’s Choice Award’ of $1,000 and the ‘Children’s Choice Award’ of $500.
The second annual Queanbeyan Clearwater Sculpture Prize, on the banks of the Queanbeyan River, Friday Oct. 16 – Sunday Oct, 18 October, part of the Queanbeyan River Festival, Saturday October 17.
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![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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